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US Weighs 'Broad Range of Actions' as Libya No-Fly Zone Vote Nears
By not in system - AOL NewsUNITED NATIONS -- Supporters of a no-fly zone over Libya called for a vote Thursday on a U.N. resolution aimed at preventing Moammar Gadhafi's planes from carrying out aerial attacks, while the United States, in a striking reversal, pushed for broader action to protect civilians from ground and sea attacks as well. U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said the Obama administration is "fully focused on the urgency and the gravity of the situation on the ground," where Gadhafi's fighters are intensifying attacks and heading toward rebel-held Bengazi, Libya's second-largest city, and is working "very ...
Obama Scores Human-Rights Victory With Libya Response -- but Can It Last?
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyMoving at lightning speed over the weekend, President Obama and members of his administration tackled the crisis in Libya with both finesse and brute force, dispelling criticism that they've been slow to respond with a series of moves that showed America had taken a definitive -- and aggressive -- position in the emergency. But to those in the global community looking to Libya as a potential model for international action on human rights and crimes against humanity, the reality is perhaps far muddier. Related Stories U.S. Military Readies Libya Options -- With ...
UN Suspends Libya From Human Rights Council
By Betwa Sharma - AOL NewsUNITED NATIONS -- In another attempt to stop Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's brutal crackdown on civilians, all the U.N. countries today adopted a resolution to suspend Libya from the U.N. Human Rights Council. "This is a harsh rebuke but one that Libyan leaders have brought upon themselves," said Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. This is the first time the 192-member U.N. General Assembly has suspended a country from the 47-member body based in Geneva. Bebeto Matthews, AP U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks in the U.N. General Assembly before a vote to ...
Gadhafi Expert Warns Libyan Leader Will Fight 'Until the End'
By Linda Gradstein - AOL NewsJERUSALEM -- The violence in Libya is worse than reported and Moammar Gadhafi will battle the opposition to the bitter end, says a native Libyan and Jewish activist who has met the dictator several times. "Don't underestimate Gadhafi; he will keep fighting until the end," said Raphael Luzon, the head of the London-based Association of Libyan Jews. Luzon, who was born in Benghazi and remains in close touch with opposition leaders in Libya, told AOL News in a telephone interview that the bloodshed is much worse than has been reported and the death toll has already reached thousands. Amr ...
Gadhafi to ABC's Amanpour: 'Why Would I Leave Libya?'
By Carla Baranauckas - Politics DailyLibyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi laughed outright when Christiane Amanpour of ABC News' "This Week" asked him on Monday if he would leave his country. "Would anyone leave his homeland?" Gadhafi said. "Why would I leave Libya?" Amanpour, along with BBC Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen and a reporter from the Sunday Times of London, interviewed Gadhafi at a restaurant in Tripoli. Related Stories Gadhafi Son Insists Libya is 'Calm' and Denies Inflicting Civilian Casualties Obama Says Gadhafi Must Leave Libya 'Now' Libyan Tumult Puts Gadhafi's Son's ...
US, Allies Aim Military and Financial Might Against Gadhafi
By Joseph Schuman - AOL NewsThe Obama administration and international allies today stepped up pressure on Moammar Gadhafi to quit Libya, freezing billions of dollars of the strongman's assets and threatening to impose a no-fly zone to stop his government from striking rebel forces from the sky. The U.S. Treasury Department said it has frozen at least $30 billion in Libyan government assets so far under the executive order signed Friday by President Barack Obama. David Cohen, the acting Treasury undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, called the freeze "the largest blocking under any sanctions program ...
Moammar Gadhafi's Son Warns That Libyan Protests Could Lead to Civil War
By Carla Baranauckas - Politics DailyA son of Libya's longtime leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi went on national television early Monday morning to warn Libyans that the anti-government protests that have rocked the country for six days could lead to civil war or Western colonization. The son, Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, appeared on Libyan state television after the unrest that had been focused on Benghazi spread to the capital city of Tripoli on Sunday. "Libya is made up of tribes and clans and loyalties," he said, according to news reports. "There will be civil war." He added, "The West and Europe and the United States will not accept ...
US Condemns Crackdowns on Mideast Protests
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- Arab and Muslim leaders facing pro-democracy protests need to lead the way rather than resist reform, a senior U.S. diplomat said Sunday while condemning violent crackdowns against demonstrators in Libya, Algeria and Yemen. Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said the Obama administration was "very concerned" about reports that Libyan security forces had fired on peaceful protesters in the eastern city of Benghazi. A Libyan physician told The Associated Press that at least 200 had been killed in six days of demonstrations against the regime of Moammar ...
US Wants UN Human Rights Expert Fired for 9/11 Comments
By Betwa Sharma - AOL NewsUNITED NATIONS -- The United States demanded today that the U.N. expert on Palestinian human rights be fired for suggesting that 9/11 was carried out by the U.S. government and then covered up by the American media. "In my view, Mr. [Richard] Falk's latest commentary is so noxious that it should finally be plain to all that he should no longer continue in his position on behalf of the U.N.," said Susan Rice, U.S. envoy to the world body. Falk, a law professor from Princeton University, wrote in his blog on Jan. 11 that "awkward gaps and contradictions in the official explanations" fuel ...
UN Adviser: Piracy Tribunals Needed ASAP
By Betwa Sharma - AOL NewsUNITED NATIONS -- Piracy off Somalia's coast is worsening, according to a U.N. adviser who made an urgent appeal for new tribunals and more prisons to be established for prosecuting and incarcerating pirates. "Pirates are becoming masters of the Indian Ocean," Jack Lang, the former culture minister in France, told the Security Council, adding that in the race between pirates and the rest of the world, "progressively the race is being won by pirates." In a new report, Lang proposed setting up two tribunals and building more prisons in Somalia's semi-autonomous regions of Somaliland and ...
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